Forest Lakes weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Forest Lakes, Arizona: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Heber (black Mesa) Ranger Station, 24 km from Forest Lakes; records cover 1950–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.4 in467 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 27
- First fall freeze
- Oct 1
- Heating degree days
- 5,704
- Cooling degree days
- 331
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 4°−16° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Forest Lakes in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1969)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1000
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Forest Lakes in February
Highs average 50°10° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1954)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 805
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Forest Lakes in March
Highs average 57°14° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2026)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 710
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Forest Lakes in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 32°0°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2000)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 516
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Forest Lakes in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 39°4°, with 0.63 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1951)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 316
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Forest Lakes in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 48°9°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1970)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 73
- Cooling degree days
- 67
Forest Lakes in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 56°13°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1989)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 141
Forest Lakes in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 55°13°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1969)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 97
Forest Lakes in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 48°9°, with 1.8 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1996)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 126
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Forest Lakes in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 36°2°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1979)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 419
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Forest Lakes in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1953)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 720
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Forest Lakes in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1958)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 1000
- Cooling degree days
- 0